Loneliness: Final Thoughts (on an un-final topic)

Holy-moly. We have spent three whole weeks talking about loneliness. I feel better. I hope you do, too.

My husband is studying at his parents’ house today; they have better sunlight in their house. My best friend is with her family in a different city. And my list of people to hang out with doesn’t extend a whole lot further than them.

But, today, I can choose not to be lonely. I can go to a nice coffee shop, drink my soy flat white, and feel connected to some of the people here, smile at them and enjoy watching them laugh with their friends, with their families. I take in the sunlight today, because tomorrow it may be gone. It is winter, after all.

Tomorrow, I may feel differently. I might not feel okay on my own. Even after all of these posts on beating loneliness, we have to realize that it might come back. It might come back every day.